Globalization and Democratization in Asia: The Construction of Identity

by Jonsson,Kristina

• ISBN13: 9780415277310
• ISBN10: 0415277310
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-06-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Globalization is a defining feature of our times, covering everything from economic and political issues to the spread of American culture. However, its status is controversial, with some viewing it as leading to greater development for all, and others as a threat to national cultures and democratic political life. This book shows how simplified such binary views are and examines how various globalizing forces have affected Asian societies. It discusses the relationship between globalization, identity and democratic developments in Asia both theoretically and empirically, and aims at understanding how economic, political and social forces interact and are mutually reinforced in Asian societies.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	vii
List of abbreviations	x
Acknowledgments	xi
PART I Introduction	1	(18)
Analyzing the global-local nexus	3	(16)
Catarina Kinnvall
PART II Approaching globalization	19	(32)
Globalization and the twilight of Asian exceptionalism	21	(16)
Lowell Dittmer
Globalization and democratic governance: the Indian experience	37	(14)
Aswini K. Ray
PART III Globalization, democracy and civil society: the three ``Ts''-Transitional, Transformational and Transnational democracy in Asia	51	(116)
On alien Western democracy	53	(20)
Edward Friedman
Imported democracy: the South Korean experience	73	(19)
Geir Helgesen
What sort of democracy? Predatory and neo-liberal agendas in Indonesia	92	(22)
Richard Robison
Globalization, authoritarian regimes and political change: Vietnam and Laos	114	(17)
Kristina Jonsson
Social movements, civil society and democracy in Japan	131	(18)
Hugo Dobson
Globalization, democratization and civil society in Southeast Asia: observations from Malaysia and Thailand	149	(18)
Anders Uhlin
PART IV Identity and citizenship in a glocalized Asia	167	(80)
Democratic citizenship and minority rights: a view from India	169	(24)
Bishnu N. Mohapatra
Globalization and democratic developments in Southeast Asia: articulation and social responses	193	(17)
Shamsul A. B.
Global imaginings, the state's quest for hegemony, and the pursuit of phantom freedom in China: from Heshang to Falun Gong	210	(20)
Vivienne Shue
Appropriating the global within the local: identity formation among the Minahasa in contemporary Indonesia	230	(17)
Michael Jacobsen
PART V Conclusion	247	(19)
The global-local nexus revisited: constructing Asia in times of globalization	249	(17)
Catarina Kinnvall
Kristina Jonsson
Index	266